As to his family situation, he stated that his father had died during a bombing raid by the Sri Lankan army and that one of his daughters had died of fever because she could not be brought to a hospital in time due to a curfew.
En cuanto a su situación familiar, el autor declaró que su padre había muerto en un bombardeo del ejército de Sri Lanka y que una de sus hijas había fallecido a causa de unas fiebres porque el toque de queda les impidió llevarla a un hospital a tiempo.